cerecloth
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
cerecloth /ˈsɪəklɒθ/
▶noun historical waxed cloth used for wrapping a corpse.
– origin ME: from earlier cered cloth, from cere ‘to wax’, from L. cerare, from cera ‘wax’.
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